Business Rates
Dear Sunderland City Council,
In terms of the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, and subject to section 40(2) on personal data, could you please provide me with your local authority’s complete and most-recently updated list of all business (non-residential) property rates data, including the following fields:
- Billing Authority Property Reference Code (linking the property to the public VOA database reference)
- Firm's Trading Name (i.e. property occupant or ratepayer)
- Full Property Address (Number, Street, Postal Code, Town)
- Occupation / Vacancy status
- Date of Occupation / Vacancy
- Actual annual rates charged (in Pounds) and/or categories of reliefs/exemptions granted
If you are unable to provide an absolute “Occupation / Vacancy” status, please provide the Exemptions and / or Reliefs that a particular property may be receiving.
NOTE: While FOIs are meant to be requestor blind, these data are actively used by national government and UK universities to inform the economic response to COVID-19. Most recently, these data were used by MHCLG for the assessment of support to local authorities via the LEVELLING UP FUND.
Please provide these data as machine-readable Microsoft Excel file!
Yours faithfully,
SIMON
Re: Your request for information concerning:
Business Rates
The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any
event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to
consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.
I will contact you again soon in connection with your request.
Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this
request.
Customer Request Number: FOI_3858
Dear Mr Phillips
Your request for information FOI_3858
I am writing to explain that there will be a delay in replying to your
request due to the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic. You
will understand that we currently have to give priority to providing the
most urgent services to protect and support vulnerable people. We are also
working with lower staffing levels than usual.
The response to your request will be provided once resources allow but
regrettably I am currently unable to indicate when that will be.
Many thanks
Regards
From: Solicitor - Freedom of Information
Sent: 28 June 2021 13:19
To: SIMON PHILLIPS <[1][FOI #769139 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Business Rates
Re: Your request for information concerning:
Business Rates
The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any
event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to
consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.
I will contact you again soon in connection with your request.
Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this
request.
Customer Request Number: FOI_3858
Dear Mr Phillips
Please see attached response to your recent freedom of information request
and I apologise for the delay in responding.
Kind regards
Sharon
Sharon Holden IRRV (Hons)
Revenues Manager
Corporate Services
Sunderland City Council
Tel: 0191 561 1899
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Dear Sharon Holden,
As requested, can you please send the data as an Excel file please and not a word file.
Also, please include rateable values and reliefs.
Yours sincerely,
SIMON PHILLIPS
I am away from the office until 6th September 2021. If your enquiry
relates to Business Rates please ring 0191 561 1850. For Council Tax
enquiries please contact Sharon Sanderson, email
[email address] or Simon Henry,
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information under the Freedom of Information Act then please redirect your
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Hello Mr Phillips
Thank you for your request. There was an excel file attached to the email but I appreciate it did not include Rateable Values as this was not part of the original request.
Please see attached updated file with Rateable Values and reliefs included. I trust this provides the information that you need.
Kind regards
Sharon
Sharon Holden IRRV (Hons)
Revenues Manager
Corporate Services
Sunderland City Council
Tel: 0191 561 1899
[mobile number]
e-mail: [email address]
I am away from the office until 15th October 2021. If your enquiry
relates to Business Rates please ring 0191 561 1850. For Council Tax
enquiries please contact Sharon Sanderson, email
[email address] or Simon Henry,
[email address]. If you are making a request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act then please redirect your
request to [Sunderland City Council request email] and it will be treated as
received when it is delivered to that address. Regards, Sharon Holden
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also be disclosed in response to a request for information, unless exempt
under access to information legislation. Please be aware that you have a
responsibility to ensure that email you write or forward is within the
bounds of the law.
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Hello Mr Philips
Please see attached response to your Freedom of Information request which was resent on 30th September 2021 and does include the file in excel format and includes Rateable Values and reliefs as requested.
Kind regards
Sharon
Sharon Holden IRRV (Hons)
Revenues Manager
Corporate Services
Sunderland City Council
Tel: 0191 561 1899
[mobile number]
e-mail: [email address]
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